> consent is simple to gain, who reads the entire ToS and privacy policy?
nobody because they are pretty much meaningless in the EU
we got laws to protect consumers, not laws for businesses to trick users into making some meaningless gesture
> the bottom line is, do you place more trust in your local lawmakers and the website you are visiting than you do in yourself
what do you mean by "local lawmakers"? these laws are EU-wide. or did you mean "local" to mean, "non-US"
anyway, these lawmakers are fighting the shitty corporations that pull this tracking stuff
and your bottom line is not really a choice one way or the other. I can use blockers and other plugins to protect myself, AND cheer on the people fighting the fuckfaces that think it's in any way honourable to make a profit by merely following the letter of our laws
but we got some really good consumer protections in the EU. and we try to keep it that way. we're not going to simply roll over because some US corporations are used to being able to track the hell out of US customers
nobody because they are pretty much meaningless in the EU
we got laws to protect consumers, not laws for businesses to trick users into making some meaningless gesture
> the bottom line is, do you place more trust in your local lawmakers and the website you are visiting than you do in yourself
what do you mean by "local lawmakers"? these laws are EU-wide. or did you mean "local" to mean, "non-US"
anyway, these lawmakers are fighting the shitty corporations that pull this tracking stuff
and your bottom line is not really a choice one way or the other. I can use blockers and other plugins to protect myself, AND cheer on the people fighting the fuckfaces that think it's in any way honourable to make a profit by merely following the letter of our laws
but we got some really good consumer protections in the EU. and we try to keep it that way. we're not going to simply roll over because some US corporations are used to being able to track the hell out of US customers